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After using prescribed medication to terminate her pregnancy, a P.E.I. woman says she believes she was denied basic information on her pregnancy and potential follow-up care because an emergency room doctor disagreed with her decision to induce a miscarriage.

The woman says the prescribed medication wasn't working the way her doctor said it would, so she called Telehealth 811 and was advised to go to emergency.

The group is calling on the provincial government to establish a protocol and policies for medication-based abortions and establish clinic days for women seeking abortion care.

The QEH won't comment on individual cases but says their policy is to not refuse service to anyone under any circumstances.

"You have to treat the patient as they present, how they got to that point, what has happened up to that stage, that doesn't influence what their care is afterwards," said Dr. Tom Dorran, QEH medical director.

The woman says she hopes that sharing her story will help Island women receive better access to reproductive health care and to ensure others don't have the same experience she did.